Tim S Kemp wrote:

then get a cheap amp from richersounds or somewhere. Go to your sounds
options though and select the "no sounds" soundscheme or the "pings"
and "you have mails" will really annoy you.

....or better, buy a second PC/laptop exclusively for playing music and
network it to the PC/server where your music is being stored. Connect this
second PC/laptop to your stereo and you'll be insulated from the 'you have
mail'-type noises and also activity on the main PC (work, internet, editing
music etc etc) won't affect the sound thru the hi-fi.